Nakasendō Hiking

Suhara

  • Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō

    Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō

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    In the early to mid 19th century, the master artist Utagawa Hiroshige made a series of woodprints, ukiyo-e, of the 53 stations along the Tōkaidō road between Tokyo and Kyoto. In contrast to the Nakasendō, the Tōkaidō hugs the coast… …more

  • Masugata

    Masugata

    A number of the post towns along the way have incorporated a series of what seems to be non-sensical 90-degree turns in the layout of their towns where the Nakasendō passed through. A normal post town has a layout much… …more

  • 39. to 41. Suhara to Midono

    39. to 41. Suhara to Midono

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    I rained *a lot* during the night when I stayed in the minshuku in Suhara-juku. My weather app even sent me flood warnings for the area… But a lot of rain brings another interesting change except for making everything wet.… …more

  • 37. to 39. Fukushima to Suhara

    37. to 39. Fukushima to Suhara

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    This day was a sometimes fantastic hike, and at other times rather hard on the psyche. I started off in Kiso-Fukushima, hiked via Agematsu-juku and ended up in Suhara-juku at the end of the day. On the positive side of… …more

  • Wildlife along the Nakasendō

    Wildlife along the Nakasendō

    Japan is among other things known for the northern-most living monkey in the world, the Japanese macaque, but there are a lot of other animals that you can hope to encounter, or in some cases that you want to avoid… …more

Nakasendō Hiking